Wow! Look at those shoes!

When I have a lot of mood swings- managing bipolar disorder becomes my job. Everything I do has to be examined- will this help me get better? Will this make me more ill?

It’s hard. I just want to be a person who gets up, works, sees friends and family, has fun and goes to bed. That is my dream! I have lived it a few times.

When the bipolar comes back,  I have to be ready for it.

This afternoon, I saw a nice looking woman who was in her 50′s walking down the street. She was very well dressed. The well part of me thought, “Wow, those are great shoes!” The sick part of me thought, “What is the point of even looking at her shoes, we will all be dead eventually.”

It takes a lot of work to have conflicting thoughts like these- you have to know what is real and what is ridiculous!  Managing bipolar is my job when I’m sick. I do it 24 hours a day until I’m better.

Julie

A guy I know named Elijah painted these amazing shoes!

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